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Why weird star systems are where we'll find alien life

In the hunt for life beyond Earth, we've been looking for planets and stars like our own. But that is flawed – and a new plan promises answers in our lifetimes

Features

Explore nature’s dark side with the Natural History Museum

Environment

Explore nature’s dark side with the Natural History Museum

Culture

Person stands beneath the Milky Way

Space

Are we alone in the universe? Science says it’s a definite maybe

Analysis

Alarm as ice loss from Antarctica triples in the past five years

Earth

Alarm as ice loss from Antarctica triples in the past five years

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Mars has complex organic material that may be from ancient life

Space

Mars has complex organic material that may be from ancient life

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Silhoutted person looking at stars

Space

I'm working on a universal language to let us speak to aliens

Comment

Exoplanet with a cloudless sky may let us see inside a gas giant

Space

Exoplanet with a cloudless sky may let us see inside a gas giant

News

Giant sea spiders sit and wait for prey to knock themselves out

Life

Giant sea spiders sit and wait for prey to knock themselves out

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Life on toxic Venus? Acid-loving microbes could thrive in clouds

Space

Life on toxic Venus? Acid-loving microbes could thrive in clouds

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Life on nearest exoplanet may have been wiped out by superflare

Space

Life on nearest exoplanet may have been wiped out by superflare

Bad news for life near Proxima Centauri – the star has been seen emitting explosive blasts of radiation that would destroy the ozone on its Earth-like planet

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Space

Earth had water even before the collision that made the moon

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Life

Return to Titan: Why this icy world is our best bet to find life

Features

Space

Weird crystals could grow on Titan and help alien life thrive

News

Space

We could find advanced aliens by looking for their space junk

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